Articles for Developer by Paolo Medici [PMX.it].
See License on bottom of this page.

Introduction

First of all exists two version of SABRE: Smart Device and
Automotive Infotainment. Those information focus on the second,
but can also be valid for the first device.

This document is focused on QUAD IMX6 version. Dual and also Solo
are similar.

Actually the SABRE AI Quick
Start Guide is the main source for starting but this
guide is not available online, now.

Preparing SD-CARD

The instruction for installing the image can be found in
chapter8 of
i.MX_6Dual6Quad_Sabre-AI_Linux_User_Guide.pdf,
contained in the L3.0.35_4.0.0_LINUX_DOCS
package.
Data file can be found on FreeScale website [1] under section Demo Images for i.MX 6Quad/Dual

This problem seems solved in 4.0.0 release. With this
version it is possible to reach 1Ghz clock.

login: user
password: user

Installing UBUNTU ONEIRIC

The file system is bundled in the package
L3.0.35_4.0.0_UBUNTU_RFS.
Instead of expand rootfs of the demo image it is possible to
extract the ubuntu_oneiric_4.0.0.tgz image on SD-Card.
Install additional package according to i.MX_6Dual6Quad_Sabre-AI_Linux_User_Guide.pdf

Installing LINARO 12.09

Using information in
http://boundarydevices.com/linaro-12-09-for-i-mx6/

In testing, but it seems to work correctly.

Other Installation:

Here: http://boundarydevices.com/imx6-builds/

Boot using SD CARD

According to SABRE_AI_User_Guide_L3.0.35_1.1.0.pdf, locate the
three dip switches and set up as follow:

Enabling USB OTG

I do not know.
Anyway USB HOST is locate on USB1 J30. Mouse tested to work.
Keyboard in progress. [Release 1.1.0]

Distro/Cross Compile/ToolChain

FREESCALE LTIB 4.0.0

All information can be found on Setting_Up_LTIB_Host.pdf and seems that,
officially, only ubuntu 9.04 is supported, so a VM (es
VirtualBOX) is highly suggested.
Ubuntu 9.04 now is in http://old-releases.ubuntu.com so require
to set up sources.list and I had some trouble to install
texinfo. I tested both Ubuntu 10.04 or 11.10 (32 and 64 bit) and
they work fine.
It is important to read carefully the Setting_Up_LTIB_Host.pdf document. A copy of the
script for install all the package required by LTIB can be
downloaded from here